The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-02-23
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share OF the risks incident to detec-
tive work, but the very first case as
signed me had more peril in it than any
-four Others combined. | had done
x sporting" and Swallowing" and had
helped on two or three cases, when !
vras sent to Milwaukee to look after
san embezzer. The case was stated in
"a nutshell A Mrs. Pierce, n widow
sof wealth, and woman who trusted
her servants altogether too much, re-
rreived one day from the east by ex-
press package of money amounting
TO $4,000. She had been in the
habit OF sending her butler to the
bank to make deposits for her,
and now and then. to draw
money on her written order. lie
had been with her for seve: al years
as q sort OF man OF all rk
in the house, and she had found
him strictly honest. She gave him
the money to deposit without a
fear OF his being tempted. He was
mot seen after he left the house. He
sxid not 60 to the bank, and for three
sor four days Mrs. Pierce and Others
Nabored under the belief that he had
gbeen robbed and murdered. The
hunt for his dead body was going on
..,L.. I raanhal Niluo 4, loo
The name Of .he butler was John
Nans. and he was described to me as
- sandy-hairec, red faced man, weigh
ing 100 pounds, and wearing a sandy
ymoustache. HIS habits were declared
60 b. above reproach, and Mrs. Pierce
rtndienAntly resented my suggestion
'tha' be might have run away. So
cid The local detective who had the
ease in hand. held from the first
go ,he theory that nc had run away.
He had been told to hurry back. He
4ou'd have reached the bank in u walk
of fifteen minutes, hay ing only two or
'ehres turns &c make. 1t was at
q o'clock in the afternoon, and
Zoe could he in no personal dan
.Ser No one could be found
who had seen him between the house
sand the bank, although he was well
known. But the best clue was found
Tin Lanes room. There was hand
'.iul OF sandy hair in a paper under the
llavatory. There was another paper
spotted with lather, in which were
enough bristles to make n moustache.
Behind an old trunk was bottle
which had contained hair dye.
Mrs. Pierce received she money
about 10 O'Clock in the GO moor and
she remarked to Lane that sae wo-
have him deposit after dinner *
waited on tho table at noon, and
there was no change in his appear
.ancc, and between that time and he
shaved off his moustache, cut OIL n
lot OF his hair, applied the dye, and
Mrs Pierce remembered that he was
muliled up Us he went out, leaving by
the side door.
Now came the hardest part OF the
work. When you know which way
.criminal is heading il is quite easy to
KEEP his trail, but when you can't say
whether he is in New York or Omaha,
sor that he may not be hiding within
two blocks OF you, it is quite differ
sent matter. From the servants in the
house learned that Lane had always
declared taat he hated the very sight
sof cities and towns, and had 10 care
ifor fine clothes and society. lie also
had a great horror of the water This
iseemed to argue that he would not
head for Europe, rs at first feared.
1t was well known that he had holy
horror of the west, having read of saw
iage Indians, prairie fires, grizzly bears
lrattlesnakes, etc. That seemed to ar.
que that he would not 90 west. Would
he 90 north or southY was helped
,out OF my dilemma in n curious way.
I had been at every steamboat office
and railroad depot, meeting with no
success, and was standing in front OF
the Second National bank, when a
ifarmer-looking man accosted me with:
"What do you say about this bill?
say it's good and the old woman
saws it's bad?"
Ii was a five he had, and the "old
woman" sat in a wagon on the oppo-
site side OF the street.
"Why does she suspect it to be
badl' I asked, as | surveyed the
bill.
"Well, /. was given to me four or
five days ago by a chap who rode out
home with us, had supper, and then
cut across to the railroad station. l
-ahonldr't havn chnrrnd him over sew